Thread by @SaketGokhale

Exclusive:

While Insta took 2 days to suspend the account of vile hate-speech peddler "Hindustani Bhau", he continues to have a profile on Facebook.

Turns out, the entire digital strategy & social media of "Hindustani Bhau" is handled by a firm of BJP workers.

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"Hindustani Bhau" (Vikas Pathak) is a known misogynist & hate monger. After much outrage, a video inciting violence against comedians was taken down by Insta.

He still has a verified FB profile.

On closer scrutiny, his account is handled by a firm called "Xovak Media".

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Xovak Media is a Vadodara, Gujarat-based digital firm with an office in Mumbai.

According to their website, Xovak Media was founded by 2 people based out of Gujarat:

(1) Raj Dangar
(2) Manan Shah

Let's now look at both their profiles individually.

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Raj Dangar is a former ABVP leader from Gujarat with strong ties with the BJP.

In fact, his brother Dr. Bharat Dangar is a senior BJP leader who is the former Mayor of Vadodara & Director of Bank of Baroda.

Raj Dangar handles "Govt Relations" at Xovak Media

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Here's a little glimpse of how well-connected Raj Dangar's brother Dr. Bharat Dangar is with the top leadership of his own party BJP.

These are pictures of Dangar with Amit Shah, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, and BJP President JP Nadda.

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Now let's look at the other founder of Xovak: Manan Shah.

Shah claims to be an "ethical hacker" & also has a company called "Avalance Global" which worked with Facebook & Modi govt which includes Defence Ministry.

Manan Shah was also a BJP IT cell coordinator in 2019.

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It is these 2 BJP-linked partners who got together, "discovered" the man called "Hindustani Bhau", & turned him into a social media sensation known for hate speech & misogyny.

This "experiment" led to the hateful handle gaining millions of views & followers.

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There's a reason why this hateful handle wasn't taken down by Instagram or Facebook despite numerous reports of hate speech.

Only when FB-owned Instagram started facing the heat did they act yesterday on it.

Facebook continues to host this vile account.

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The networked collusion between Facebook India & BJP is heavily managed by the BJP IT cell.

Thanks to FB India's Ankhi Das, these hateful accounts have remained protected despite complaints against their content.

This FB-BJP unholy nexus is destroying our society.

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PS: Some more evidence.

Manan Shah of Xovak Media was “invited by Facebook” just a few months ago.

Would be great to know what inputs & suggestions Ankhi Das had to give.